Turns out my skepticism wasn't completely unfounded. During its August 8 announcement, Google told reporters it expected the Voice Search app to hit the App Store within a few days. Two weeks later, we've got nothing but crickets.

A representative from Google confirmed to me that the company submitted the Voice Search app to Apple about a week before the August 8 announcement -- so around August 1, give or take -- and has yet to hear anything back about the app's status or lack of approval. Apple, meanwhile, doesn't respond to media inquiries as a general rule unless you work for The Wall Street Journal or your last name is Gruber.

In that instance -- and countless other app rejection scenarios -- Apple's beef was that the app supposedly "duplicated" a "core functionality" of the iPhone. Evidently, offering an alternative to something magical and revolutionary is considered a cardinal sin in Cupertino.

Not only does Voice Search have the potential to outshine Siri on Apple's own grounds, but it'll also bring top-notch voice-powered functionality to users of most iDevices. Siri, meanwhile, is made available only to those with either the iPhone 4S or the most recent iPad; users with older devices aren't granted access to the feature, even if they are running the latest iOS software.

So what's really going on inside the pearly iGates? Only Apple knows, and the company isn't exactly famous for communication. But come on: We're talking about an app made by Google here. It's hard to imagine any legitimate reason Apple couldn't have glanced it over and pushed it out within a matter of days if it wanted to.

One thing's for sure: Whether Apple's merely dragging its feet as a symbolic single-finger salute or actually trying to keep Google's Voice Search off its platform for good, it's starting to look rather ridiculous. So come on, Apple -- enough's enough. Get over yourself and put your users' interests first.